Networks Urged To Not Cover Trump's 1/6 Press Conference

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/01/03/networks-urged-to-not-cover-trumps-1-6-press-conference.html

Posted on Mon, Jan 3rd, 2022 by Jason Easley
Networks Urged To Not Cover Trump’s 1/6 Press Conference
There is no reason for news networks to cover Donald Trump’s 1/6 press conference, and they should not televise it.


Trump Is Pulling His Press Conference Con On 1/6

Donald Trump spent four years in the White House pulling the fake news conference trick on the press.

The con always followed the same pattern. Trump would announce a “press conference,” the mainstream media would hype it all day. The press would send reporters to the event. Trump would eventually show up, ramble on for 20 minutes or more, then walk off of the stage without taking a single question.

There is no reason to believe that Trump’s 1/6 “press conference” will be any different.

The Media Must Provide Trump No Live Coverage

Trump won the presidency based on free media coverage in 2016, and he is looking to replicate that grift for 2024.

Donald Trump is almost certain to repeat his lies about the 2020 election being stolen and the 1/6 attack on the Capitol. Anyone who covers Trump live without debunking his lies in real-time will be helping the former president attack democracy.

Angelo Carusone, President of Media Matters for America, said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA,

“Donald Trump’s January 6 press event should be recognized for what it is: an opportunity for Trump to lie to downplay the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and set up his 2024 presidential campaign. It is critical that news networks do the right thing — refuse to carry it live, so they do not uncritically promote the lies and disinformation that is generated from Trump’s speech in real time.”

The Media Must Debunk Trump, Not Give Him An Unregulated Platform

Ignoring Trump only helps him to spread his authoritarian message and grow stronger. Instead, the press must stop Trump’s lies dead in their tracks live before they can take root.

Too often, the corporate media has chosen the lazy way out and provided Trump an unfettered platform to spread his lies.

Trump deserves no live coverage on 1/6, and anyone who gives him an unchecked platform is assisting an attack on America.

[kentuck]

1. I suspect FOX and OAN will be there.

To try and keep the conspiracy alive.

[kimbutgar]

2. Is there a petition or a site to to tell the networks not to cover it?

[Trueblue1968]

5. ASKING AGAIN ..... Is there a petition or a site to to tell the networks not to cover it?

[babylonsister]

6. I googled briefly; didn't see any. nt

[Carlitos Brigante]

3. Let's start with the fact that this will not be "a press conference" and go from there. nt

[Hekate]

4. Send cub reporters & an apprentice videographer. Analyze at leisure back at the station. Report...

…later, but don’t show more than a brief clip of whatever occurred. Make public note of lies.

If corporate media were to do that, it would be a great public service.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Like that! Another thing would be to have some stupid or should I say more stupid

Event and split screen it. I got hot dog eating contest or something

[Augiedog]

7. The only 'trump' thing I will watch is his perp walk...can't wait.

[Joinfortmill]

14. 👍

[Captain Zero]

29. There's an idea. DOJ serve him at it?

Wouldn't bit be great if there was live video of him getting served a subpoena at this clusterbuck?

video on all the evening news.
handing him a subpoena.

[Doodley]

8. I wish all networks would broadcast it, but fact-check every sentence in real time.

[monkeyman1]

9. don't show up , trump feels not wanted, does something stupid ---

open's mouth , stick's ass in it ! the man is a mental midget ! press cover's-don't click on there sites ! pretty easy ! keep track of advertising ! then turn the keyboards lose on them !

[Cozmo]

10. Wonder how trump would react if protesters to his "press conference" stormed Mar a Lago on 1/6?

[Walleye]

11. Oh that is my fantasy. Let it happen

[Cozmo]

22. I'd love to be a fly on the wall to view the idiot's reaction to this kind of insurrection!

[liberal N proud]

12. FOX and Newsmax will be there

[SergeStorms]

20. And that's all he really cares about.

As long as he can reach his cult members, and keep the BIG LIE fresh in their minds, he'll have achieved his goal.

Oh, and "witch hunt, illegal investigations, and it's unfair". Then all his egocentric bases will be covered.

[Joinfortmill]

13. Refuse to listen to his voice.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. The fake former president is trying to run a fake shadow government to pursue dictatorship

Americans better wake up

[Mr. Ected]

16. The more he talks the more evidence of his criminal intent is exposed

Don't cover it live, but be sure to illustrate when and how he invokes the Big Lie about 1/6 retrospectively. You better believe the DOJ is paying attention.

[gab13by13]

17. Don't watch it if the major networks cover it,

I can't stand to watch Fox and I'm sure as hell not going to watch the traitor.

If major networks cover it I will complain to them afterwards.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Hope my fear doesn't come true - that he does a switcheroo

and finally acts dignified and relatively normal. That is the last thing we need when worrying about him running in 2026.

I have a fear that he figured out he can't make it with just his own lunatics. And that he's figured out he can replace that segment with the suburbans he lost to President Biden.

Hope I am 100% wrong

[SergeStorms]

23. His ego will never allow that.

If he's not whining about how unfairly he's being treated, his mind won't be at peace. It's who he is, because there's never been anyone in the history of the world who's been treated so unfairly. So sad!

He's as easy to read as 36 pt. Times Roman type on a DU page.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Yes ego. Remember he just announced that he got the booster

Along with O'Reilly. O'Reilly set up the question so you know they both knew about it beforehand. Personally think trump who has been sitting around doing nothing is thinking hey I made them create the vaccine. I need to get some glory for that. And they were testing the waters that day. People booed. But I heard it and they didn't boo that bad. I think FG has been chatting with his buddies about chances for 2024. And I am absolutely positive one of them must have said "hey what about the vaccine? - it was because of you so many lives were saved". I see EGO written all over this.

Trouble is FG unleashed a horrible monster. I was just reading comments from people about the vaccine. They are very very sick. They literally think the government invented the vaccine to kill people. I bet FG has got people crunching numbers to figure out how many truly insane people were following him.

[Midnight Writer]

21. They should cover it, they just should not show the whole damn thing live.

They should cover it just like they would a speech by Hillary Clinton. They'd show edited little bits on the evening news, and talking heads would chime in.

[Takket]

24. I can't believe his lawyers are even letting him do this...

You would think they would tell him what a bad idea it is to hand out free evidence.

But I guess that’s the legal advice you get when you are repped by a spotlight craving bimbo traffic ticket lawyer like Jenna Ellis because you don’t pay real lawyers.

[oasis]

27. Just say Hell NO!

[GoodRaisin]

28. Opportunity for some grifting.

Time to shake down his magats again.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

30. He's so filthy, inside and out, that I cannot stand to see his face

or listen to his voice.

He emanates pure evil.